Des Moines Blaze At Younkers Mall Kills Five More
Des Moines authorities sift rubble at Merle Hay Mall after a Sunday fire gutted the two story Younkers store. Ten bodies had been found earlier, with four more dead on the second floor raising fears of a higher toll. The blaze caused millions in damage and officials noted the building lacked an automatic sprinkler system. Police planned to use a crane to recover more victims while investigators hunted for a cause amid possible gas and an explosion like force.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa
Des Moines
Tony DeFino
Younkers
Richard Lynch
Merle Hay Mall
DeFino
Lee Williams
Williams
Wayne Stewards
Polk County
R.C. Wooters
Robert G. Rebnertson
Edward Parr
Wooters
Dale Anderson
Thomas Tealer
Teale
Michael Wilson
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Fog Blamed for 62 Car I-75 Pileup in Tennessee
A heavy fog blanketed parts of southeastern Tennessee causing a 62 car chain reaction on Interstate 75 near Charleston. Police report 46 injured, 11 hospitalized, and the highway closed over three hours as crews untangled wreckage and routed traffic to secondary roads.
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Charleston, Tenn
Tennessee
Sam Garrett
Bradley
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US Wheat Prices See Impact From Common Market Subsidies
The United States faces grain dumping pressure as the Common Market subsidies raise export support to $110-$115 per metric ton. Great Plains Wheat Inc criticizes these policies as undercutting US prices, noting stronger European price supports of $5.06 per bushel versus US loan rates of $2.25 and target price $2.90. USDA forecasts for 1978-79 cite a world grain export total near 158.7 million metric tons.
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Agriculture Department
Western Europe
United States
U.S
Europe
Great Plains Wheat Inc
Great Plains
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Irony and new unity emerge at Baghdad Arab summit
At the Baghdad conference former foes act like friends as Anwar Sadat pushes peace with Israel. Yasser Arafat and King Hussein meet with the PLO, and Iraq and Syria sign a cooperation treaty. Observers warn unity may be fragile despite optimism against Israel.
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